Krysten Ritter

I try to put a positive spin on things.

The more messy women that we put on screen, that we put in books, the more women can feel represented and seen, then they can access their own stuff, feel it's okay, and then have the strength to speak out about things like we're talking about. About rising up.

It's hard to always be reduced to the way you look or your sex appeal or what that is.

I live in Los Angeles, mostly, and have a lot of girlfriends and a full life out here.

I read the entire 'Alias' series. I devoured them.

Every day, you try something new. So I just try to keep myself healthy physically and nutritionally.

I'm a creative person. I love to write, I love to act, I love to perform, I love to create things with my hands, so I do all of these things that are kind of like hobbies in a way. They're things that I love, so it's not like a work-life balance; it's just a work-life marriage.

I've written pilots. I wrote a movie.

I kept telling people, 'I really want to do something like 'Breaking Bad,'' and then people would remind me, 'Krysten, you were on 'Breaking Bad!''

When you go to Marvel, they lock you in a room with the scripts; they really are that secretive.

I think it's important to be flexible and free, and you can't be free and spontaneous if you don't know what you're doing.

For me, rehearsal is very important, and I spend a lot of time doing it. Also, I work with my acting teacher for hours and hours before walking onto any set.

I don't fight for much, but when I fight for something, it's usually because I think I'm going to be right.

I've been bouncing around from comedy to drama and TV and film.

I believe in women having a voice, being empowered, speaking up, and having ideas.

I'm sort of missing that part of my brain where I look at anything as a challenge. I always have.

The most rewarding thing is having a job that you love. It's not a luxury that everyone in this world enjoys.

I hope to someday have a fully functioning production company.

What I'm doing is making sure that I have a balance, and that allows me, I think, to be a better actor and to more easily and quickly access all of the emotions on the scale. I make sure that I read a book on the weekend or read something or do my knitting or do the things that I need to do for myself, like 'Game of Thrones.' Get that balance.

With 'Jessica Jones,' I'm in almost every frame of the show.

If they want to do a 'Defenders 2,' I'm in.

I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.

It's really hard to sell a script, and it's even harder to get a movie made. It just almost never happens.

If you really want something, you've gotta just do it and not wait for other people to hand it to you.

Sometimes, as an actor - and I've witnessed this with other actors that I've worked with - you don't realize that it's not all about the actor.

I feel really fortunate that I've been given a lot of roles that were very different from each other. For me, variety is the key. I don't want to play the same thing over and over again.

I have a lot of girlfriends. That's sort of my whole thing is, I have really, really deep friendships, more so than anybody I've ever met.

I'm a total girl's girl.

I love Tina Fey because she acts and she writes and she's hilarious and does a lot of different things.

I'm all about time management. I have gotten my makeup prep in the morning down to, like, four minutes. There's just not enough time in the day.

My Instagram is basically all knitting, my dog, and a little bit of 'The Defenders.'

I've always been very positive and very resilient.

There's only one person for every job. You can try all you want, but if you're not right for it, you're not gonna get it.

I just sort of choose to see the good in things, and I choose to - I don't know - look on the bright side, as cheesy as it sounds.

I'm not always the first person to run out and see something I'm in. I don't know; for me, that's not why I did it. I did it because I wanted to act. I don't really think about the end result. I don't feel like I have to see it - for me, it already happened.

Marvel and Netflix have proven they know what they're doing.

It's rare to get a part in a show that's greenlit, let alone two shows that have been greenlit.

There are different audiences out there, and everyone has different tastes of what they want. And it's a good thing because otherwise, there wouldn't be enough stuff to go around.

I'm very into dresses, shoes, and makeup.

To be honest, I didn't love the high-fashion world because models aren't always treated that well. I was a scrappy kid from a farm, and that world felt a little snobby. But I was grateful for it, and my photo shoots now are really fast because I know my poses.

I'm definitely scared by commitment.

My favorite acting books are Stella Adler's 'The Art of Acting' and 'Sanford Meisner on Acting.'

For escape, I love popcorn thrillers that you can read in a weekend, like 'Sharp Objects' and 'The Woman in Cabin 10.'

For solace, I love a book that opens up my perspective.

I have such a crush on Tony Robbins and his passion, empathy, and sheer talent.

I think that the more comfortable and the more you rehearse - granted, I don't like to take the air out of a tire; there is a fine line - but I think the freer you are with your dialogue, for example, the more open you are to a good idea walking up to you.

A lot of actresses start out modeling because it's a great way to sort of get your foot in the door. That's all it is, though. They open the door, and you have to walk through it.

I was always an outcast, even in my family.

Netflix is like sitting at the cool kids' table. Netflix is amazing. We're the biggest fans of not only working there but of the company in general.

I knew I could always work harder and be better and show I'm more prepared. I had a whole science to, like, how you have to arrive 17 minutes early to something. If you're 20 minutes early, that means you're too eager, but 17 minutes gives you time to, like, settle, sign in, use the ladies' room, have some water, and get comfortable.